This is in honor of Disney Channel's upcoming "Whodunit" weekend. Yep, I'm a sucker for mysteries so here's one...AxB, SxJ, TxE
~Whodunit~
~by ChipetteGirl10~
~What Was That?~
It had been a cloudy day when it all happened. Down at the Los Angeles Theater, practicing for their upcoming concert there, were the Chipmunks and Chipettes along with Dave and Claire. The Chipettes were each wearing a white t-shirt with their first initial in their first name in a black sparkly letter in the center in the front, long-sleeved unbuttoned plaid shirts in their signature colors over it, jean skirts with knotted belts in their signature colors, high tops in their signature colors, and pieces of pre-wrap in their signature colors were used in their hair. The Chipmunks wore t-shirts in their signature colors with their first initial in the center. Alvin's A was yellow, Simon's S was white, and Theodore's T was orange. They also had on black-and-white long-sleeved plaid unbuttoned shirts, jeans, and high tops in their signature colors.
"That was great guys; I think we're done for the day. I've got some work to do here still so why don't you just go explore?" Dave suggested as soon as they were done singing. Everyone agreed to it and walked off.
"You know," Alvin began, silencing everyone as they walked about, "I heard this place is supposed to be haunted or something." Simon looked incredulously at the red-clad.
"That's ridiculous, Alvin," he stated.
"Yeah!" Brittany snapped at her counterpart.
"It does seem silly, Alvin," Jeanette commented softly as she stood behind Simon.
"G-g-g-ghosts?" Theodore said, jumping behind Eleanor. Eleanor glared at Alvin, her sharp green eyes cutting toward him like a knife.
"Alvin, don't scare your brother," she said firmly, "and there are no ghosts, Theo. Alvin's just being a creepy chipmunk again." "Am not!" Alvin protested in annoyance. His amber eyes darted to each one of his siblings and friends and a devious smirk rose on his face. "I will prove to you that this place is haunted and then—" "How?" Brittany interrupted, "By dressing up and killing the lights and scaring us?" "No," Alvin said, glowering at her. He cleared his throat. "We will convince Dave to leave us here when he goes home so we can spend a night staking out this place, and then I will prove to you smarty-pants chipmunks that ghosts ARE, in fact, real, and that this place is haunted," he said. Simon rolled his eyes, Eleanor yawned, and Jeanette smacked her forehead. Theodore was looking at his brother with eyes as wide as saucers. Brittany went up to him. "Fine. Go ask Dave. When I prove that ghosts don't exist and that this place isn't haunted, I'll be expecting fifty dollars of your own money," she said. "I'm broke," Alvin retorted. "Then you'll be my slave for a day," Brittany responded. Alvin smirked. "Same thing for me if I win," he said, shaking hands with Brittany. Then the red-clad scampered off to find his human caretaker.
~One Hour Later~
As surprised as they all were to hear it, Dave had reluctantly agreed, leaving them flashlights in case. Alvin looked at his friends, amber eyes shining. "Okay guys, I've decided we're going to split up, so pick your partner," he said. He walked over to Simon to ask him to be his partner when he noticed Jeanette and Simon already talking. Ears falling with irritation, the chipmunk stepped over toward Theodore. "Hey Theo," he said, "Wanna be my partner?" "Sorry Alvin, I'm partners with Eleanor already," Theodore said, walking away with his counterpart. A feeling of dread spread over Alvin. "Oh no, no, no, no, no, no!" he shouted. He turned to see Brittany standing before him, arms crossed over her chest.
"You should have had the common sense to pick the pairs, too, Alvin," she commented, blue eyes twinkling as she walked over toward him. Alvin scowled. "Yeah, yeah, whatever," he snapped. They began to walk away from the area they were in, an awkward silence filling the gap between them. Alvin glanced at the auburn-furred chipette next to him every now and then with curiosity. She seemed to have no fears of being here as it went darker, colder, and rainier outside and darker and darker inside as well, despite the lighting. Alvin suddenly felt nervous and jammed his hands into his hoodie pockets. The hallway they were in was eerily silent, despite the fact that six chipmunks were running around. The darkened lighting made the whole scene spookier to the red-clad. Nervousness pulsated through his entire being and soon enough Alvin was on the brink of hyperventilating. Hasn't even been fifteen minutes and you're already scared. This was YOUR idea, he thought to himself. He kept his breathing steady just so he wouldn't be frightened right in front of the girl he made the bet with. Relax, relax, RELAX, ALVIN! BANG! Brittany and Alvin both jumped at the noise.
"What was that?" Brittany asked with an undertone of fear to her voice. Alvin flicked on his flashlight and shined it all around them. There was nothing in sight except for various costume racks littering the halls outside the dressing rooms. "Whatever it is, it didn't come from near us…at least, I don't think so," the red-clad said. Brittany bit her lip as they walked slowly, their flashlights rotating around them like the light in a lighthouse.
Alvin and Brittany took a left turn and found Simon, Jeanette, Theodore, and Eleanor at the end of the hallway. They ran toward their siblings and stopped dead in their tracks with what they saw. There, in the empty shaft of the elevator that had stopped working, was a dead body, hanging in a noose that had tightened around the neck of it. A knife was on the floor a foot away from the edge of the shaft. Eleanor and Theodore both looked at each other and gripped hands tightly. Simon had an arm around Jeanette. All Alvin and Brittany could do was exchange glances with each other and gulp with fear coursing through their veins. I'll tell you one thing…this is going to be a long night, Alvin thought.
DEAD BODY! Oh my gosh! Yep, I remembered a scene from a movie I watched with a dead body hanging in a shaft. It's a really old movie…first one to guess correctly in their review gets ten awesome points. Stay tuned for Chapter 2 my readers!